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From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
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Subject: Re: Request for a recommendation.
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In article <vdjlk6$393hv$1@dont-email.me>,
William Hyde  <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>I am looking for a book which will interest a 12 year old kid who is 
>fascinated by things mechanical.
>
>The kind of kid who used to take clocks apart and put them back together 
>still working (when that was possible), build a telescope or put 
>together a radio, that sort of thing.
>
>I remember seeing such a book and wishing I'd had it when I was twelve 
>myself, but I don't recall the name or author.
>
>As for myself, that clock never worked again, so I'm not much of a 
>mentor here.
>
>William Hyde

Don't know if you can get the parts anymore, but for non-fiction, I used
to love Alfred Powell Morgan's _The Boy Electrician_ and his "Radio" books.

Fiction?  Maybe _Up Periscope_ by White.  Lots of submarine details as I
recall.
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